Nowadays, the cloud is the norm, but people forget that this is an expensive solution for cold data, data that is rarely used or accessed, and even for other Tiers. Beside this there are some common weaknesses, such as the latency, bandwidth problems and the huge costs for stock over 100 TB. Too often, people think that tape storage is outdated but many organisations are having second thoughts now and have their doubts in storing all their data in the cloud.

The possibilities of tape storage are very convincing, for example the low price per TB, compatibility, scalability, good efforts, long lasting, capacity and portability. The LTFS openbandformat and compatibility make it possible to read or write the previous generation LTO version.

Advantages of Tape storage

Cloud storage proponents will not think the same thing, but tape storage had been and may well continue to be the cheapest, reliable and easiest long-term solution for data storage. But that are not the only benefits of tape storage.

Defence against attacks of hackers

Often, files which are stored on disk or in the cloud are not very secure for any attack from the outside. Recently there are some good examples of ransomware attacks where a lot of Companies lost their data. This exposes the need for companies of all sizes to have a backup of their data on physical tapes. If you (also) store the data offline on tapes, it is very save against corruption. No one can hack a physical tape.

"The data of your company is not replaceable and for sale, so it's important to cherish and invest in your data."

Low price per TB

The data at a SMEs grows with an average of 50% per year. This makes Cloudstorage a very expensive option over the years. Tape storage will still be the most affordable alternative for safely storing your cold data.

High performances

High performances are possible by the capacity, long lifespan and portability by using tape storage. Tape technologies have evolved significantly and made considerable progress in these areas in recent years.

Are you looking for all-round tape storage solution for your company? Frontier Computer Corp. will help you find an appropriate solution for your situation. We deliver Tape drives and Tape libraries of all brands. As a distributor of Fujifilm we can also provide tape cartridges; both midrange and enterprise tapes. We can offer the LTO1 – LTO7 and Enterprise 3592 tapes with the corresponding cleaning tapes. If you need your data to migrate, we work together with several Partners to help you. For questions, please feel free to contact us by calling +31 (0)24-3660012 or via our website www.ltotapedrive.nl.

Historical data or historical films and audio files which has to be stored, will not be subjected to hard disk. Ultimately, this is a very expensive storage method and if the material isn’t immediately needed, it can better be stored off-line. We do not yet have data lost due to a hard drive crashed.

We have been interviewing Mischa Blaas, IT expert analysis coordinator at an international bank, Mischa tells us how storage works in the financial world. Where a retention policy lives of 10-20 years. Compress this data and store it on tape, is the message Mischa gives us.

In a joint venture with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, researchers from Hitachi Maxell's did increase the storage capacity of the storage tapes considerably. The production techniques are adjusted extraordinary and therefore, tape cartridges can storage and process over 50 TB of data. For those who wants to work with a large capacity in a safe and secure environment: tape storage.

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Repair

We inspect and maintain your tape drives and libraries. After our first analysis, we will go through the next steps together so we can give you a suitable solution.

Rent

Do you need extra IT Storage temporary, for example for a migration or recovery? We have most of the tape drives and tape libraries in stock. SDLT, DLT, DAT, LTO1 – LTO7, in library or standalone version. We have it in stock and it is immediately employable.

Gathering used ICT devices

Do you still get money back for your old IT storage hardware? Send us a list with the hardware you have and we will send you an offer by mail.

End of Life Products

Are you looking for End of Life Tape drives, autoloaders, libraries or tape cartridges? There is a good chance we have the product